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we've ended the war in iraq and brought our troops home. we brought an end to the taliban regime. we've trained afghan security forces and forged a partnership with a new afghan government, and by the end of 2014, the transition into afghanistan will be complete and our war there will be over. and finally, instead of turning inward with grief, we have honored the memory of those we lost by giving back to our communities. serving those in need. and reaffirming the values at the heart of who we are as a people. that's why we mark september 1 #th as a national day of service and remembrance. because we are one american family. and we look out for each other. not just on the difficult days. but every day. eleven years later, that's the legacy of 9/11. the ability to say with confidence that no admer saer and no act of terrorism can change who we are. -- adversary and no act of terrorism can change who we are. we are americans and we will product what we love. on this solemn anniversary let's remember those lost, lease reaffirm the values they stood for and let us keep moving forward a
we've ended the war in iraq and brought our troops home. we brought an end to the taliban regime. we've trained afghan security forces and forged a partnership with a new afghan government, and by the end of 2014, the transition into afghanistan will be complete and our war there will be over. and finally, instead of turning inward with grief, we have honored the memory of those we lost by giving back to our communities. serving those in need. and reaffirming the values at the heart of who we...
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we have also used the drones a lot in iraq and afghanistan as part of the larger wars. the u.s. has also used trial and in yemen, somalia. it appears they have used terms in the philippines and in libya as well. now, libya is an interesting case because when there were discussions among the public about the pros and cons of the u.s. intervening in libya, there is one thing that was really left out of the equation and that was whether or not it was a good thing to get involved militarily to overthrow gadhafi. the way in which it was done is to cut congress altogether and the administration's just vacation or not even bringing this up for a discussion in congress is when it's just an air war that we are using drugs and new of u.s. lives are at risk of a congress should have no say and not. so think of the kind of usurpation of power by the executive ranch, taken this away from the legislative ranch and what kind of precedent is set for future people in the white house. we have also been a case of a rat, when the u.s. troops left, left drones behind and put them in the hands not of
we have also used the drones a lot in iraq and afghanistan as part of the larger wars. the u.s. has also used trial and in yemen, somalia. it appears they have used terms in the philippines and in libya as well. now, libya is an interesting case because when there were discussions among the public about the pros and cons of the u.s. intervening in libya, there is one thing that was really left out of the equation and that was whether or not it was a good thing to get involved militarily to...
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president can get us to war with iraq. which leads me to conclude that if in fact conference is not coming that the traditional way of merit america gets to war is what would be best for u.s. interests if in fact the iranians aren't going to compromise it would be best to somebody else started the war. what if the iranians are going to compromise would be best if someone else started the war is anyone listening to this war mongering hawks like clawson are openly calling for the u.s. to strike iran first in order to jump start world war three oh but it gets better. i mean look people iranian submarines periodically go down someday one of my not come up who would know why. we can do a variety of things if we wish to grease the pressure i'm not advocating that but i'm just suggesting that. if this is not a either or proposition and you know it's just sanctions has to has to succeed or other things we are in the game. of using covert means against the iranians yeah man let's just sink a submarine and blame it on iran great ide
president can get us to war with iraq. which leads me to conclude that if in fact conference is not coming that the traditional way of merit america gets to war is what would be best for u.s. interests if in fact the iranians aren't going to compromise it would be best to somebody else started the war. what if the iranians are going to compromise would be best if someone else started the war is anyone listening to this war mongering hawks like clawson are openly calling for the u.s. to strike...
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a pinprick type of operation like they did in syria and iraq years ago would certainly spike the price of oil. you're going to go right to that 2008 $150 high. maybe even higher. but do we stay there? that's the question. we could come back down rapidly. to the extent there's destabilization, to the extent the iranian's mine the strait of hormuz, make other regional attacks, launch proxy battles, then it's off to the races in terms of a $200-plus barrel per oil because, like i said, the strait of hormuz gets shut down, i don't care if it's shut down for 15 minutes, once that headline hits the tape, it's over. >> david, obviously the markets try to handicap the possibility of a strike on a daily basis, an hourly basis. what are you hearing? can it be averted, or is it something that -- in whatever form it takes, whether it's the strike john referred to or something bigger, is it inevitable, do you think? >> you know, i think that the prime minister is confident that, you know, if the threat of credible military action becomes more significant, and frankly that will depend on the positio
a pinprick type of operation like they did in syria and iraq years ago would certainly spike the price of oil. you're going to go right to that 2008 $150 high. maybe even higher. but do we stay there? that's the question. we could come back down rapidly. to the extent there's destabilization, to the extent the iranian's mine the strait of hormuz, make other regional attacks, launch proxy battles, then it's off to the races in terms of a $200-plus barrel per oil because, like i said, the strait...
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they tried to get bill clinton to start the iraq war. they wanted george bush to start the war before 9/11 happened. then when 9/11 happened, they said we have to go now, don't we? the project for a new american century really existed and the people who ran it did not get run out of washington and forced into a line of work they would be better suited for like for example, coloring. they are briefing the republican vice presidential nominee on what to do about foreign policy. in 2012. the republican side never retired the g.w. bush policy team. no need to come up with a new idea or two. they don't seem to really care about foreign policy in terms of the mitt romney campaign. they just don't want to be asked about it. because the republican party is essentially forfeited on this issue, because on this issue there are not two plausible sides fighting it out in the election, there's the democrats and sort of a right wing fee pooe nut gallery that pops up. foreign policy and the wars are being handled in our political system differently than
they tried to get bill clinton to start the iraq war. they wanted george bush to start the war before 9/11 happened. then when 9/11 happened, they said we have to go now, don't we? the project for a new american century really existed and the people who ran it did not get run out of washington and forced into a line of work they would be better suited for like for example, coloring. they are briefing the republican vice presidential nominee on what to do about foreign policy. in 2012. the...
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but the grim statistics recently in afghanistan and iraq. it doesn't seem to me a good exit right now when i see the number of people or dying or i see what is happening there. do the american people want out so badly if we leave, even on grim terms that is good for the president? >> i think -- what i'm talking about he has kept his promises in that regard. look, these are complicated places. you have to ask yourself when you pull out of iraq and you see what is going on now, would it have a matter if we would have stayed for five more years? when you exit out and the chaos that happens between sunni and shea and the in-fighting that is going to happen, as they build a democracy, this isn't going to happen overnight. >> greta: if its matter of keeping promises, he said he closed gitmo. that never happened. second thing, past week there has been a narrative of this crazy, was it a videotape or terrorism and now seems to be terrorism? >> with gitmo, one of the strange things, he hasn't kept a promise the people he upset is the left. people lik
but the grim statistics recently in afghanistan and iraq. it doesn't seem to me a good exit right now when i see the number of people or dying or i see what is happening there. do the american people want out so badly if we leave, even on grim terms that is good for the president? >> i think -- what i'm talking about he has kept his promises in that regard. look, these are complicated places. you have to ask yourself when you pull out of iraq and you see what is going on now, would it...
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this woman is kimberly rivera she served three months in iraq and became a conscientious objector to the war and after living in canada for years facing deportation back to the united states there were serious lobbying efforts in canada to help her state take a look at this video posted by activist group war resisters canada pleading to the ontario legislature to not deport kimberly. the government of canada is trying to deport kimberly and her family and if they succeed kimberly faces possible imprisonment as a conscientious objector my husband the father of my children was a conscientious objector to the viet nam war he died in the ninety nine days but she and he continue it amazing tradition of canada welcoming those who are resisting foreign wars right for the canadian united empire loyalists to today unfortunately the efforts failed last month a deportation order was filed and kimberly willingly return to the us where customs and border protection turned her over to fort drum army base in new york now for many of those who support kimberly and support a soldier's right to object
this woman is kimberly rivera she served three months in iraq and became a conscientious objector to the war and after living in canada for years facing deportation back to the united states there were serious lobbying efforts in canada to help her state take a look at this video posted by activist group war resisters canada pleading to the ontario legislature to not deport kimberly. the government of canada is trying to deport kimberly and her family and if they succeed kimberly faces possible...
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in iraq, it's unraveling. in iraq, al qaeda is coming back. it is in danger of breaking up into sunni-shia and kurd-- by the way, iranian flights are overflying iraqs with weapons for cd barb. in afghanistan again, you just saw, the worst thing for any military moral is the killing by your allies that continue to escalate. it's unraveling because all we tell the afghan people is we're leaving. we're not telling them we're succeeding. we're telling them we're leaving. in syria, 20,000 people have been massacred. these people cry out for our help. they've been massacred, raped, tortured, beaten. and the president of the united states will not even speak up for them, much less provide them with the arms and equipment for a fair fight. when russian arms are flowing in, iranian help and hezbollah on the ground. >> schieffer: what is it that we're doing wrong here? >> well, it's disengagement. prior to 9/11, we had a policy of containment. then after 9/11, it was confrontation with the terroristterrorists and al qaed. now it's disengangment. every t
in iraq, it's unraveling. in iraq, al qaeda is coming back. it is in danger of breaking up into sunni-shia and kurd-- by the way, iranian flights are overflying iraqs with weapons for cd barb. in afghanistan again, you just saw, the worst thing for any military moral is the killing by your allies that continue to escalate. it's unraveling because all we tell the afghan people is we're leaving. we're not telling them we're succeeding. we're telling them we're leaving. in syria, 20,000 people...
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there's no new policies on iraq shows. zionism being rescued miners to the world to me to you know really to food and should lawyers only. instead of to just back in the freedom of. the science of these are the most sacred beliefs of human beings so now you know respond to this by saying history proves that whoever wants to raise us from the map fails in their task and we saw salon kind of pick up on that putting a really misleading title up saying pretty much pretty much wants to erase history why do we see and we already know that that phrase doesn't even exist in persian the wiping israel off the map why do. we see the mainstream media corporate media kind of picking up on this narrative marginalizing no matter what and then kind of putting netanyahu up on this podium and not ridiculing him as much i mean i think you're absolutely correct in the sense that you know there hostile come a point where we ask ourselves why ask ourselves the question when is enough enough for how many years really at this point can we continu
there's no new policies on iraq shows. zionism being rescued miners to the world to me to you know really to food and should lawyers only. instead of to just back in the freedom of. the science of these are the most sacred beliefs of human beings so now you know respond to this by saying history proves that whoever wants to raise us from the map fails in their task and we saw salon kind of pick up on that putting a really misleading title up saying pretty much pretty much wants to erase history...
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>> today all of our troops are out of iraq. we are bringing them home from afghanistan. and as long as i'm commander in chief, we will serve our veterans as well as they served us, veterans like lucas who got his education thanks to post 9/11 gi bill because nobody who fights for this country should have to fight for a job or an education or a roof over their heads when they come home. that's what's at stake in this election. onn onner -- on issue after issue, iowa, romney and ryan will take us back. it's a story of americans moving forward. and soon you'll get a chance to choose a path that will actually lead to a better future. but over the next two months, the other side will spend more money than we have ever seen on ads that basically tell you the same thing they told you at the convention -- the economy is not doing good and it's obama's fault. they know their economic plan is impossible. go figure that raising taxes on middle-class families to pay for new tax cuts for billionaires and millionaires doesn't go over that well. so that's not what they're going to talk
>> today all of our troops are out of iraq. we are bringing them home from afghanistan. and as long as i'm commander in chief, we will serve our veterans as well as they served us, veterans like lucas who got his education thanks to post 9/11 gi bill because nobody who fights for this country should have to fight for a job or an education or a roof over their heads when they come home. that's what's at stake in this election. onn onner -- on issue after issue, iowa, romney and ryan will...
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meanwhile senators john mccain lindsey graham and joseph lieberman wrapped up their visit to iraq where they urged top officials to support the effort to overthrow assad. newly elected egyptian president moment morsi surprised some this week appearing to stand strong against assad warning that his time won't be long. joining me now to discuss the late nest syria is marc ginsberg, former u.s. u.s. ambassador to morocco who also served as deputy senior adviser for middle east policies to president carter. welcome. >> thank you. >> with the report of chemical weapons, this sounds treacherous. >> it does. you indicated there are hundreds of thousands of refugees streaming across syria's northern border with turkey and southern board with jordan creating an humanitarian crisis for relief, but think of the untold thousand who is are injured and wounded inside the cities who no longer have relief coming to them. >> eliot: this is a humanitarian crisis. i do not see the international community organizing itself to handle the refugee crisis in turkey jordan, or beginning to act in a way that is
meanwhile senators john mccain lindsey graham and joseph lieberman wrapped up their visit to iraq where they urged top officials to support the effort to overthrow assad. newly elected egyptian president moment morsi surprised some this week appearing to stand strong against assad warning that his time won't be long. joining me now to discuss the late nest syria is marc ginsberg, former u.s. u.s. ambassador to morocco who also served as deputy senior adviser for middle east policies to...
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forces in iraq c.c.i. you and of course the most major one being the department of justice u.s. grand jury talk a little bit about these investigations. and how much is out there right now that we know what evidence is there that in fact a songe and we can leaks are being investigated but it's i have heard from so many different sources now it's pretty clear that there is a grand jury or more than one on the sun and definitely talk about there being secret indictment of amazingly the twenty something federal new york county i was counting you know because the usual suspects like the cia and the f.b.i. and the department of justice with all the other investigations that were going on it's amazing i think we've devoted more power manpower to trying to catch julian a son just than we devoted to trying to catch osama bin ladin which is really astonishing that we had a manhunt for both of these people who could not stand in starker contrast from one another one clearly intended to harm the united states and the other has been intending to help the world and make information free and
forces in iraq c.c.i. you and of course the most major one being the department of justice u.s. grand jury talk a little bit about these investigations. and how much is out there right now that we know what evidence is there that in fact a songe and we can leaks are being investigated but it's i have heard from so many different sources now it's pretty clear that there is a grand jury or more than one on the sun and definitely talk about there being secret indictment of amazingly the twenty...
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a result in iraq say they believe these are well coordinated attacks. they continue to investigate them and we will update our viewers both on the air and on the line at wjla.com about the ongoing attacks in iraq right now. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. >> we appreciate that breaking report. i want to check in with meteorologist jacqui jeras. >> we have been very spoiled with the weather the past couple of days but we have changes ahead. this is the last gorgeous day we are expecting this week at least in terms of being postcard perfect. a cold front is going to be approaching, bringing cloudiness and a chance of rain. it will not be consistent but on an of starting tomorrow and continuing right up to the weekend. and the meantime, waking up to a beautiful sunrise. the temperature right now at 54 degrees. the high, 75. 68 by the noon hour. we will send it over to the traffic center with angela. >> good morning, everyone. as we check the main arteries to the capital beltway virginia -- 66, 95 looking good, and the dulles greenway and told road. no incident
a result in iraq say they believe these are well coordinated attacks. they continue to investigate them and we will update our viewers both on the air and on the line at wjla.com about the ongoing attacks in iraq right now. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. >> we appreciate that breaking report. i want to check in with meteorologist jacqui jeras. >> we have been very spoiled with the weather the past couple of days but we have changes ahead. this is the last gorgeous day we are expecting...
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iraq. it was a chance for me to say on behalf of the american people, to you, and all who serve there, welcome home. and congratulations on a job well done. and every major play of that war, you were there, the iron soldiers. because of your speed and strength, american troops toppled a dictator in less than a month. because of your commitment, you stayed on extended tours and went back tour-after-tour, year-after-year. because of your determination to succeed, you turn back an insurgency. you stood firm against second strife, you helped to back the offense and you trained iraqis to take the lead. that was the progress you made possible. with your service and your courage. two years ago, i was able to mark the end of the combat mission. and that night i told the american people that all of our troops would be out of iraq by the end of the flowing year. at the time, i know some folks didn't believe me. they were skeptical. some thought the end of combat was just war games and semantics. but
iraq. it was a chance for me to say on behalf of the american people, to you, and all who serve there, welcome home. and congratulations on a job well done. and every major play of that war, you were there, the iron soldiers. because of your speed and strength, american troops toppled a dictator in less than a month. because of your commitment, you stayed on extended tours and went back tour-after-tour, year-after-year. because of your determination to succeed, you turn back an insurgency. you...
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also context to that but with all the huge revelation that came off that with the gun award i read the iraq war logs on the diplomatic cables to towards the end of the year twenty two and we saw the cooperation with the mainstream media we cooperated with almost one hundred media organization all over the world and it was a corporation. and had massive pre-sold so many thousands even if not tens of thousands of headlines and stories which made a difference it made a difference in the arab world it had a cuttle into effect in tunisia and egypt we all know that do you think that more whistleblowers are going to be hesitant on dealing with wiki leaks and julian assange right now now that the u.s. has officially declared. him and the organization as an enemy of the state it is quite possible that it will impact and to tour in some manner that is the obviously what is the into the intention of the obama administration it is to deter people from not just cooperating with we can loose but the mainstream media as will so this is a very serious question for the mainstream media which has to wake up
also context to that but with all the huge revelation that came off that with the gun award i read the iraq war logs on the diplomatic cables to towards the end of the year twenty two and we saw the cooperation with the mainstream media we cooperated with almost one hundred media organization all over the world and it was a corporation. and had massive pre-sold so many thousands even if not tens of thousands of headlines and stories which made a difference it made a difference in the arab world...
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jenna: why should iraq listen to us? >> i think it is very unlikely iraq will listen to us. i think the administration's decision to pull out combat troops simply allowed iran to increase its influence over the maliki government. that is one of the reasons i'm worried about stability in iraq itself. it was one of the consequences entirely predictable when this withdrawal went forward. jenna: but iran has been involved in iraq and iraqi politics now for a while, ambassador, right? we've seen this before. iran's technology has been responsibility for killing our troops in iraq and afghanistan. >> right. and i think the iranian influence in iraq has also been steadily increasing over these past several years. i think another thing to look at, iran using iraqi facilities to smuggle oil out of iran, to sell it on the world markets as iraqi oil or to allow it to be used inside iraq. there are any number of ways in which the two governments are cooperating to the disadvantage of the united states and our other friends in the region. jenna: ambassador, i'm looking at the headline up
jenna: why should iraq listen to us? >> i think it is very unlikely iraq will listen to us. i think the administration's decision to pull out combat troops simply allowed iran to increase its influence over the maliki government. that is one of the reasons i'm worried about stability in iraq itself. it was one of the consequences entirely predictable when this withdrawal went forward. jenna: but iran has been involved in iraq and iraqi politics now for a while, ambassador, right? we've...
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went to iraq. and that relationship did not get off to a good footing. >> you owheinat gave vice president biden the lead for iraq policy. when it came to the big decisions, president obama had to get engaged. i found it string that during this whole negotiation over keeping troops in iraq,e talked by the secure deoconferences that they do. he talked to prime minister maliki twice. president obama, for him, iraq was a mh more importa priority rightly or wrongly and he was engaged on a weekly basis. i do think that had an eect on iri tihe was an extraordinary request that president obama made to the president of iraq to resign his position to make way for another person. it's hard to make that kind of request when you don't have an ongoing relationship with your aq counterparts. >> the book is "endgame." thank you for being here. jim miklaszewski, thank you as well. when we come back, pl simon u'ch"morng joe" brewed by starbucks. even better than we did before ♪ yeah prep yourself america we're ba
went to iraq. and that relationship did not get off to a good footing. >> you owheinat gave vice president biden the lead for iraq policy. when it came to the big decisions, president obama had to get engaged. i found it string that during this whole negotiation over keeping troops in iraq,e talked by the secure deoconferences that they do. he talked to prime minister maliki twice. president obama, for him, iraq was a mh more importa priority rightly or wrongly and he was engaged on a...
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you are bordered by iraq, syria-- >> yes. >> jon: israel and saudi arabia. >> egypt. >> jon: and egypt. so how are things? (laughter) >> we've seen better days. >> jon: you run a constitutional monarchy. >> that's right. >> jon: in the middle of the largest democratic i don't want to say uprising but transition in your part of the world. what happens to you? how do you manage that without being deposed like some of these other countries have had to deal with? >> jordan is part of the arab spring also. but the arab spring means something different to every country. different countries are going through different paces. you know, i keep saying that whatever the middle east is going through is going to be something that will take five, ten, 15 years and each country is going to have its own unique experiment of this. the republics have gone through a much tougher version of this than the monarchies, funny enough. but i hope this is something we all look back five, ten, 15 years from now and say that arab spring is a good thing. and i believe it is. so we all have to change. but the pace a
you are bordered by iraq, syria-- >> yes. >> jon: israel and saudi arabia. >> egypt. >> jon: and egypt. so how are things? (laughter) >> we've seen better days. >> jon: you run a constitutional monarchy. >> that's right. >> jon: in the middle of the largest democratic i don't want to say uprising but transition in your part of the world. what happens to you? how do you manage that without being deposed like some of these other countries have had...
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we were mired is iraq and aimless in afghanistan. in iran we had no policy. today that's changed for the better. >> joel, last year there was a sense of optimism as we were talking about the arab spring, and today whether it's categorized as a bump in the proceeded and we know that democracy did not happen overnight, it didn't happen for this country overnight, but with all of that said, the reality is from year to year there are many questions, even including what really happened in libya when those four americans were killed. >> it is a very difficult time, and it is very different. the feeling is from a year ago, and i'm sure that the president will speak to that. he'll talk about not getting ahead of dangers and potential threats. there's issues in these countries. there's concerns about food security, water security and the development and the growing rule of law. it needs to be addressed. it's through the collective international action where we see the most gains. what this administration has done effectively is galvanize international work. while the
we were mired is iraq and aimless in afghanistan. in iran we had no policy. today that's changed for the better. >> joel, last year there was a sense of optimism as we were talking about the arab spring, and today whether it's categorized as a bump in the proceeded and we know that democracy did not happen overnight, it didn't happen for this country overnight, but with all of that said, the reality is from year to year there are many questions, even including what really happened in...
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you are bordered by iraq, syria-- >> yes. >> jon: israel and saudi arabia. >> egypt. >> jon: and egypt. so how are things? (laughter) >> we've seen better days. >> jon: you run a constitutional monarchy. >> that's right. >> jon: in the middle of the largest democratic i don't want to say uprising but transition in your part of the world. what happens to you? how do you manage that without being deposed like some of these other countries have had to deal with? >> jordan is part of the arab spring also. but the arab spring means something different to every country. different countries are going through different paces. you know, i keep saying that whatever the middle east is going through is going to be something that will take five, ten, 15 years and each country is going to have its own unique experiment of this. the republics have gone through a much tougher version of this than the monarchies, funny enough. but i hope this is something we all look back five, ten, 15 years from now and say that arab spring is a good thing. and i believe it is. so we all have to change. but the pace a
you are bordered by iraq, syria-- >> yes. >> jon: israel and saudi arabia. >> egypt. >> jon: and egypt. so how are things? (laughter) >> we've seen better days. >> jon: you run a constitutional monarchy. >> that's right. >> jon: in the middle of the largest democratic i don't want to say uprising but transition in your part of the world. what happens to you? how do you manage that without being deposed like some of these other countries have had...
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iraq is not particularly working, afghanistan is not particularly working. we have no strategy for pakistan. egypt is sliding away. remember, the muslim brotherhood, who we all thought it was fairly radical, is now the moderate wing in egypt. there is another group that is far more radical than the muslim brotherhood and i don't think we appreciate yet how much turmoil the region is in. >> we do the assessment and give it the worst case scenario it's as bad as many of us hope it is not, then what do you do? >> i'm actually having a press conference tomorrow at the national press club with scott noble to lay out a strategy. the first thing i think you do is create an american energy policy that creates, as romney said, creates north american independence in this decade. there was a hillary clinton memo in 2010 where she said the saudis are clearly the leading funders of terrorism and we don't seem to be able to get them to stop n this administration we have increased the amount of oil we are buying from sueddy arabia. we are asking them to release more oil so
iraq is not particularly working, afghanistan is not particularly working. we have no strategy for pakistan. egypt is sliding away. remember, the muslim brotherhood, who we all thought it was fairly radical, is now the moderate wing in egypt. there is another group that is far more radical than the muslim brotherhood and i don't think we appreciate yet how much turmoil the region is in. >> we do the assessment and give it the worst case scenario it's as bad as many of us hope it is not,...
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bite him even the ones he didn't start but which you argue are his by now he pledged to withdraw from iraq and afghanistan he says that's what he doing in what way could they bite him well they could all fall apart. in effect the united states lost both of those wars even before obama assumed office but the imperative that obama faced which was also the imperative that george bush faced in his final years was not to lose face i'd like you to expend a little bit on afghanistan you argue that ghana standing particular certainly into the face saving operation for the president how is he handling that. well to the extent that he can develop a consensus in the political class in the united states to get out as soon as possible which seems to be happening not particularly through his own initiatives he will get out but unless that develops he is going to happen is going to have to be a continued presence there of some sort which is going to continue to wreak murder and mayhem and not to achieve any of the official objectives that the united states put forward in entering into that conflict in th
bite him even the ones he didn't start but which you argue are his by now he pledged to withdraw from iraq and afghanistan he says that's what he doing in what way could they bite him well they could all fall apart. in effect the united states lost both of those wars even before obama assumed office but the imperative that obama faced which was also the imperative that george bush faced in his final years was not to lose face i'd like you to expend a little bit on afghanistan you argue that...
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even this recent delisting of the opposition group that was in iraq, claim is another example of the u.s. only interested in changing the regime. we have many, many issues between the u.s. and iran over the 30 years, the nuclear age has gotten to the point now where we have harsh, harsh sanctions hurting the people, the economy, everyone. probably not the regime so much. >> not as tough as they should, at least fm our reporting. if you were really trying to shut things down. >> well, they're not that lenient. i think people find a way to get around. >> leaky. >> sorry. but i think that right now, with these sanctions, iran would like to come kind of f agreement with the west, but they want sanctions lifted, or laat least some. so far, that hasn't happened. i think it's an election year. given there's not going to be an israeli strike at some -- we're going to a new, a re-elected or new president. >> if there is to be an israeli strike with or without u.s. support, it's going to be after the election. that's crucial. our third story, benghazi gate. there is a deep disconnect in washin
even this recent delisting of the opposition group that was in iraq, claim is another example of the u.s. only interested in changing the regime. we have many, many issues between the u.s. and iran over the 30 years, the nuclear age has gotten to the point now where we have harsh, harsh sanctions hurting the people, the economy, everyone. probably not the regime so much. >> not as tough as they should, at least fm our reporting. if you were really trying to shut things down. >>...
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then there you can see what they're doing us unless we also writes the use of force against iraq we would do in their own thought the fuse three. and the turned out to be that there was no anthrax in the file today russia and the u.s. remain divided over how to end the civil war in syria moscow says some countries supporting the opposition are turning a blind eye to terrorist attacks committed by the rebels. so they push syria even deeper into the of base of bloody internet scene strife the militarization of the conflict is continuing with calls of an open intervention russia says confidence in the un has also been compromised by unilateral actions taken against countries like cuba iran and now syria there are consequences to unilateral sanctions imposed by state group of states sidestepping the un to advance their political goals we have no doubt that such sanctions especially when they are applied ex territorially weaken the unity of the international community and undermine the effectiveness of its efforts the un was originally founded as an arena for all parties to respectfully discus
then there you can see what they're doing us unless we also writes the use of force against iraq we would do in their own thought the fuse three. and the turned out to be that there was no anthrax in the file today russia and the u.s. remain divided over how to end the civil war in syria moscow says some countries supporting the opposition are turning a blind eye to terrorist attacks committed by the rebels. so they push syria even deeper into the of base of bloody internet scene strife the...
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>> first of all, it's very different from iraq. i personally never saw any intelligence that was at all persuasive on the nuclear issue. i wanted the inspectors to go in there for a simple reason. when the first gulf war was over, we began an accounting of all of saddam's weapons of mass destruction, which mostly consisted of chemical warheads and chemical and biological agents. in 1998, when he kicked the inspectors out, there were two biological agents and two chemical agents, a substantial quantity unaccounted for. we bombed, the u.s. and uk. after 9/11, i thought it was important for the inspectors to go in, try to find out whether we had destroyed that or not. we later learned when he was deposed that it was destroyed in '98 and he didn't want anybody to know about it because he thought it would weaken him against iran but there was never, to me, any really credible nuclear intelligence. this is quite different. they don't even pretend that they're not -- they don't have centrifuges, that they can't enrich uranium, that they h
>> first of all, it's very different from iraq. i personally never saw any intelligence that was at all persuasive on the nuclear issue. i wanted the inspectors to go in there for a simple reason. when the first gulf war was over, we began an accounting of all of saddam's weapons of mass destruction, which mostly consisted of chemical warheads and chemical and biological agents. in 1998, when he kicked the inspectors out, there were two biological agents and two chemical agents, a...
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out and pat in iraq and yet you need to pull the troops out regular out the pack the troops are out you definitely if you have not now what are you doing by that is telling our allies that enjoys the king's promotion of the rights apology tour ally aside president obama with troops in iraq because he recognized it was time to end of the most on necessary war in american history and let's not forget iraqi officials our allies wanted the u.s. troops to leave leaving iraq is not what caused last week's violence in the middle east and the very very ugly newsweek moving on from congressman king's outrageous comments to an outrageous magazine cover this week's edition of newsweek released today features a picture of muslims with a big bold title of mozilla brage after the attacks in benghazi last week we saw numerous images of libyans holding up signs in support of the united states and in support of what ambassador chris stevens was doing in the country in libya and that was no fluke despite what conservatives preach the majority of muslims are peaceful people who do not encourage violen
out and pat in iraq and yet you need to pull the troops out regular out the pack the troops are out you definitely if you have not now what are you doing by that is telling our allies that enjoys the king's promotion of the rights apology tour ally aside president obama with troops in iraq because he recognized it was time to end of the most on necessary war in american history and let's not forget iraqi officials our allies wanted the u.s. troops to leave leaving iraq is not what caused last...
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to get an iraq war detail. that the u.s. government said well palace would rather you didn't know about well i can let you know we've more on freedom of speech in the future whistleblowers with the wiki leaks spokesman speaking to us just later this hour in fact here on r.t. tonight. a major political conference is underway in turkey where promised to end their once been reelected as the leader of the country's ruling party for the last time and once again slam the regime in neighboring syria however dr his same bag see of the middle east technical university spokesman earlier told me anchors policy on the massacres is deeply unpopular with turks themselves. the turkish government has miscalculated the events in syria they have expected that the arab spring would be having the same situation like in levy are like internees or in egypt all this. believe but in case of syria turkey has been indeed in the last five years particularly a very very close to syria bashar assad gone became good fellows if you want and suddenly this
to get an iraq war detail. that the u.s. government said well palace would rather you didn't know about well i can let you know we've more on freedom of speech in the future whistleblowers with the wiki leaks spokesman speaking to us just later this hour in fact here on r.t. tonight. a major political conference is underway in turkey where promised to end their once been reelected as the leader of the country's ruling party for the last time and once again slam the regime in neighboring syria...
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oh let's go to iraq instead let's go to iraq instead. well why? this is great remember richard clark, the counter terrorism advisor who said for the love of god concentrate on al-qaeda. >> he said there aren't any good targets in afghanistan and there are lots of good targets in iraq. i said there are lots of good targets in lots of places, but iraq had nothing to do with it. >> just a couple of months after 9/11 itself. look at the president president george w. bush, talking about the man who attacked us on that day. get a load of this. >> so, i don't know where he is. you know, i just don't spend that much time on it to be honest with you. you know, who knows if he's hiding in some cave or not. we haven't heard from him in a long time, and the idea of focusing on one person is really indicates to me people don't understand the scope of the mission. terror is bigger than one person. >> so, there's the guy flat out admitting i don't care about 9/11. i don't care about the guy who did 9/11 and now dick cheney after all that, you want to try take a
oh let's go to iraq instead let's go to iraq instead. well why? this is great remember richard clark, the counter terrorism advisor who said for the love of god concentrate on al-qaeda. >> he said there aren't any good targets in afghanistan and there are lots of good targets in iraq. i said there are lots of good targets in lots of places, but iraq had nothing to do with it. >> just a couple of months after 9/11 itself. look at the president president george w. bush, talking about...
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from iraq make our top 10 list of in your face moments during the last 10 years. first, president george w bush confronted by an iraqi journalist. he threw two of the shoes and bush missed both. good for him. the defense secretary in a much more serious moment, donald rumsfeld on a 2004 christmas visit over there to iraq. in just the previous four weeks from then, 26 american troops had been killed by roadside bombs destroying their vehicles and one soldier stood up and faced off against defense secretary rumsfeld. >> why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap medal and compromise ballistic glass on our vehicles and why don't we have those resources readily available to us? >> as you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a letter time. chris: what do you feel about that exchange, joe? >> this was the worst secretary of defense in american history. chris: what did that tell you about that, though? >> he didn't care. he wasn't living it life and death with the troops. bob gates was
from iraq make our top 10 list of in your face moments during the last 10 years. first, president george w bush confronted by an iraqi journalist. he threw two of the shoes and bush missed both. good for him. the defense secretary in a much more serious moment, donald rumsfeld on a 2004 christmas visit over there to iraq. in just the previous four weeks from then, 26 american troops had been killed by roadside bombs destroying their vehicles and one soldier stood up and faced off against...
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first lady honored the fallen, visiting the special section reserved for service members killed in iraq and afghanistan. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington on a day that gives every american pause reflecting on the great loss and our country's resolve. today president obama told service members that the deadly attacks will strengthen and connect us for decades to come. >> when the history books are written, the true legacy of 9/11 will not be one of fear or hate, or division, it will be a safer world, a stronger nation, and a people more united than ever before. >> let's turn to our team here at home and oversees. nbc's ron allen in new york. nbc chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski and atia abawi in kabul. first to you at ground zero, talk about the feelings, the memorial, the ceremonies today. >> well, andrea, each commemoration, each anniversary is unique and different, powerful and special, and this one certainly was as well. it was smaller, more intimate, more private and less public if you will, although certainly open to the public. about a thousand peop
first lady honored the fallen, visiting the special section reserved for service members killed in iraq and afghanistan. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington on a day that gives every american pause reflecting on the great loss and our country's resolve. today president obama told service members that the deadly attacks will strengthen and connect us for decades to come. >> when the history books are written, the true legacy of 9/11 will not be one of fear or hate, or...
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what d you see as the lessons iraq? >> i tnk the lesf iraq are very clear that you cannot have a failed strategy. thanks to this great general david pa ttr,hey are succeeding and winning in iraq. >> whether we should have gone into the war in the first place. six years ago i stood up and opposed this war. we hadn't finished the job in afghanistan. we hadn't caught bin laden. we hadn't put al qaeda to rest. and as aconsnc i thought that it was going to be a distractio now, senator mccain and president bush had a very different judgment. >> so that was this date, 40 days out from the election in '0and 40 days out from the election in '04. in '04 the campaign was consume e of our wars. 40 days out from the election in '08, in the midst of the financial meltdown the campaign was consumed with both of the wars. now it's 2012 and we're 40 days out from the election this year and we are not quite as consumed with that issue, but we are still in one of ose wars. suur out is not a mutual decision by the two candidates. i mean, t
what d you see as the lessons iraq? >> i tnk the lesf iraq are very clear that you cannot have a failed strategy. thanks to this great general david pa ttr,hey are succeeding and winning in iraq. >> whether we should have gone into the war in the first place. six years ago i stood up and opposed this war. we hadn't finished the job in afghanistan. we hadn't caught bin laden. we hadn't put al qaeda to rest. and as aconsnc i thought that it was going to be a distractio now, senator...